Description
Book SynopsisEach section, program planning, monitoring, and evaluation, begins with a description of the administrative function to which it is devoted, followed by a set of selected research techniques, each illustrated with a hypothetical case and an exercise for the reader in applying the technique.
Table of Contents1. Introduction 1. Program Planning 2. Constructing Questionnaires for Need-Assessment Surveys 3. Interviewing for Resource Surveys 4. Assessing Research in Planning Intervention Strategies 5. Using Observational Techniques for Planning Staff Training Pograms 2. Program Monitoring 6. Using Forms to Conduct a Client Census 7. Using Forms to Monitor Staff Activities 8. Using Smapling in Monitoring Staff Performance 9. Data Analysis and Interpretation for Program Monitoring 3. Program Evaluation 10. Interrupted Time Series Designs 11. Replicated Cross-Sectional Survey Designs 12. Comparative Experimental Designs 13. Crossover Designs 14. Summary and Conclusions